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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1232 04-08-1997ORDINANCE NO. 1232 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 84 "UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED; BY AMENDING SECTION 84 -84 "PERMITTED USES TABLE ", TABLE 4 -A "PERMITTED PRIMARY USES'; AND SECTION 84 -85, "SPECIAL CONDITIONS BY USE TYPE ", BY ESTABLISHING A MINIMUM SIZE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE, BOAT, RECREATIONAL & UTILITY TRAILER DEALERS; AMENDING SECTION 84 -154 "ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS" TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY IN SETTING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, currently Euless has no minimum size requirements for motor vehicle, boat, recreational & utility trailer dealers specified in the Euless Unified Development Code; WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the city, minimum lot / use size is deemed necessary; and, WHEREAS, additional flexibility on setting conditions upon Specific Use Permits is necessary to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Euless, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS: SECTION I THAT Section 84 -84 "Permitted Uses Table ", Table 4 -A, "Permitted Primary Uses ", be amended by adding to Motor Vehicle Dealers [SIC 5511], Boat Dealers [SIC 5551], and Recreational & Utility Trailer Sales [SIC 5561], a new "Special Condition Section 84 -85" designation of (ah). SECTION II THAT Section 84 -85, "Special Conditions by Use Type ", be amended by adding to the end of that section a new subsection to read as follows: (ah) Auto or vehicle sales lots. The minimum area devoted to the sale of new or used auto, truck, trailer, recreational vehicles, boat or other motor vehicles shall be maintained at not less than 5 acres. SECTION III THAT Section 84 -154, "Additional Conditions ", be amended in its entirety to read as follows: In authorizing a specific use permit, the planning and zoning commission may recommend, and the city council may impose, additional reasonable conditions necessary to protect the public interest and the welfare of the community, including by way of example and without limitation thereto conditions that the Specific Use Permit extend only to the applicant or for a specified term. SECTION IV SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION V SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Chapter 84 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. SECTION VI PENALTY CLAUSE. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be liable to a fine in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense. page 2 of 3, Ordinance No. 1232 SECTION VII EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST AND FINAL READING and approved at a regular meeting of the Euless City Council on the 8th day of April, 1997; by a vote of 7 ayes, o nays and o abstentions. ATTEST: Susan Crim, CMC, City Secretary A�PPROVE{D/j, AS TO FORM: ��ob McFarland, City Attorney APPROVED: Lyt Mary Lib 'aleh, Mayor page 3 of 3, Ordinance No. 1232